'''Ali Baba Goes to Town''' is a
1937 movie starring
Eddie Cantor,
Tony Martin, and
Roland Young. Cantor is a
hobo named Aloysius "Al" Babson, who walks into the camp of a movie company that is making the
Arabian Nights. He falls asleep and dreams he is in
Baghdad as an advisor to the Sultan (Young). He organizes work programs, taxes the rich, and abolishes the army spoofing Roosevelt's New Deal.
The cast also includes
Gypsy Rose Lee, using the stage name of Louise Hovick, as the Sultana.
The
Raymond Scott Quintette also appears, performing "Twilight In Turkey."
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